The RS-28 Sarmat (Russian: РС-28 Сармат, [7] named after the Sarmatians; [8] NATO reporting name: SS-X-29[9] or SS-X-30[10]), often colloquially referred to as Satan II by media outlets, is a three-stage Russian silo-based, liquid-fueled, HGV -capable and FOBS -capable super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) produced by ...

Apr 23, 2024 · The RS-28 Sarmat is a liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile currently under development by Russia.

Oct 8, 2024 · The RS-28 Sarmat is a three-stage, liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile with a launch weight of just over 208 tons. At 35.3 meters in length and three meters in diameter, it’s designed to carry multiple warheads and countermeasures.

The RS-28 Sarmat (Satan 2) is a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile that is currently in development. Commissioned by the Russian Federation in 2010, this weapons system is expected to become operational between 2018 and 2020, replacing the …

Apr 22, 2022 · In a televised address following the missile's reported launch on Wednesday (April 20), Russian President Vladmir Putin boasted that the missile, officially called the RS-28 Sarmat and nicknamed...

Mar 30, 2025 · The RS-28 Sarmat also nicknamed Satan 2, NATO code-named SS-X-30, is the latest generation of silo-based ICBM (InterContinental Ballistic Missile) designed by the Russian Makeev State Missile Center and produced by Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant.

Sep 24, 2024 · Russia appears to have suffered a “catastrophic failure” in a test of its Sarmat missile, a key weapon in the modernization of its nuclear arsenal, according to arms experts who have analyzed...

Apr 14, 2022 · Russia's newest weapon is the RS-28 Sarmat "Satan-2" missile, with 10 heavy reentry vehicles, each with enough payload to wipe out an area the size of Texas or France.

Russia announced on 20 April 2022 that its Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN) had conducted the first test-launch of the RS-28 Sarmat (RS-SS-X-29), an under-development three-stage liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Feb 25, 2024 · The RS-28 Sarmat, once operational, will be one of the most potent ICBMs globally, outclassing its Western counterparts in terms of range and payload. With its myriad of flight trajectories and improved countermeasures, the Sarmat poses a serious challenge to existing missile defense systems.